SKP

Skopje International Airport

ICAO LWSK41.9581°N 21.6226°E238 m / 781 ftLarge airport
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Skopje International Airport (IATA: SKP, ICAO: LWSK) is a large airport in Ilinden, Skopje Statistical Region, North Macedonia. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 2,950 m (9,678 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by TAV Airports Holding. In 2025 it handled 3.2 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1928–1993
1928
OpenedSkopje International Airport opens.
05 MAR 1993
DisasterPalair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301.83 killed
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Меѓународен аеродром Скопје
16/34165° / 345° · LIT
LENGTH2,950 m9,678 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.2M
1.5M
1.6M
1.9M
2.2M
2.4M
709K
1.3M
2.1M
2.9M
2.9M
3.2M
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Routes

53 destinations · 22 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miBEG · Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport · 335 km / 208 miBRI · Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport · 415 km / 258 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 489 km / 304 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 596 km / 370 miZAG · Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport · 612 km / 380 miADB · Adnan Menderes International Airport · 622 km / 386 miNAP · Naples International Airport · 623 km / 387 miBUD · Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · 636 km / 395 miSAW · Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · 651 km / 405 miLJU · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport · 743 km / 462 miBTS · M. R. Štefánik Airport · 772 km / 480 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 776 km / 482 miVIE · Vienna International Airport · 791 km / 492 miTSF · Treviso Airport · 860 km / 534 miBLQ · Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport · 884 km / 549 miMLA · Malta International Airport · 917 km / 570 miAYT · Antalya International Airport · 968 km / 601 miBGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport · 1,040 km / 646 miPRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague · 1,068 km / 664 miFMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport · 1,117 km / 694 miFDH · Bodensee Airport Friedrichshafen · 1,145 km / 711 miNUE · Nuremberg Airport · 1,170 km / 727 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 1,198 km / 744 miSTR · Stuttgart Airport · 1,222 km / 759 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 1,275 km / 792 miFKB · Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport · 1,299 km / 807 miLCA · Larnaca International Airport · 1,307 km / 812 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 1,308 km / 813 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 1,324 km / 823 miHHN · Frankfurt-Hahn Airport · 1,418 km / 881 miCGN · Cologne Bonn Airport · 1,483 km / 921 miDTM · Dortmund Airport · 1,502 km / 933 miHAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport · 1,558 km / 968 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,618 km / 1,005 miEIN · Eindhoven Airport · 1,621 km / 1,007 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 1,623 km / 1,008 miMMX · Malmö Sturup Airport · 1,624 km / 1,009 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 1,677 km / 1,042 miBVA · Beauvais-Tillé airport · 1,722 km / 1,070 miGOT · Göteborg Landvetter Airport · 1,866 km / 1,159 miARN · Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 1,983 km / 1,232 miLTN · London Luton Airport · 1,989 km / 1,236 miTRF · Sandefjord Airport, Torp · 2,070 km / 1,286 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 2,106 km / 1,309 miOSL · Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · 2,151 km / 1,337 miBJV · Milas Bodrum International Airport · 736 km / 457 miPMO · Falcone–Borsellino Airport · 838 km / 521 miESB · Esenboğa International Airport · 974 km / 605 miAHO · Alghero-Fertilia Airport · 1,122 km / 697 miSZF · Samsun-Çarşamba Airport · 1,243 km / 772 miCOV · Çukurova International Airport · 1,283 km / 797 miMED · Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport · 2,553 km / 1,586 miLEJ · Leipzig/Halle Airport · 1,271 km / 790 miMEDOSLMADLTNARNGOTBVAMMXBCNEINHAMHHNGVABERLCAFKBCOVSZFNUEFDHAHOPRGBGYESBAYTMLABLQPMOVIEFCOLJUBJVSAWATHBRIBEGTRFORYCRLDTMCGNBSLLEJTSFBUDNAPADBZAGSTRZRHFMMISTBTSSKP
Year-round45
BEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Air Serbia335 km208 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Wizz Air415 km258 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines489 km304 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines596 km370 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Croatia Airlines612 km380 miADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress622 km386 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Wizz Air623 km387 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Wizz Air636 km395 miSAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines, AJet651 km405 miLJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · Wizz Air743 km462 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Wizz Air772 km480 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Wizz Air776 km482 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines791 km492 miTSFTreviso AirportItaly · Wizz Air860 km534 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Wizz Air884 km549 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · Wizz Air917 km570 miAYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress968 km601 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,040 km646 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Wizz Air1,068 km664 miFMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,117 km694 miFDHBodensee Airport FriedrichshafenGermany · Wizz Air1,145 km711 miNUENuremberg AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,170 km727 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Chair Airlines, Edelweiss Air1,198 km744 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,222 km759 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Wizz Air1,275 km792 miFKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,299 km807 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Wizz Air1,307 km812 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,308 km813 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet1,324 km823 miHHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,418 km881 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,483 km921 miDTMDortmund AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,502 km933 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Wizz Air1,558 km968 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Wizz Air1,618 km1,005 miEINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Wizz Air1,621 km1,007 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Wizz Air1,623 km1,008 miMMXMalmö Sturup AirportSweden · Wizz Air1,624 km1,009 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · easyJet1,677 km1,042 miBVABeauvais-Tillé airportFrance · Wizz Air1,722 km1,070 miGOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Wizz Air1,866 km1,159 miARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Wizz Air1,983 km1,232 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air1,989 km1,236 miTRFSandefjord Airport, TorpNorway · Wizz Air2,070 km1,286 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Wizz Air2,106 km1,309 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Wizz Air2,151 km1,337 mi
Most destinationsWizz Air 36AJet 5Pegasus Airlines 3SunExpress 2easyJet 2Freebird Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SKP. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Skopje International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#441of 3,974 · #124 Europe · #1 MKLongest runway2,950 m9,678 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,471of 29,823 · =230 Europe · #1 MKElevation238 m781 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=21,765of 43,341 · =1,895 Europe · #11 MKAgeOpened 19282026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=323of 15,079 · =220 Europe · #1 MKRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =2 MK
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPAPP120.300
ATISATIS130.125
TWRTWR118.500